Telemeter



Feb. 2, 1932. C. s. FRANCIS, JR

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Patented Feb. 2, 1932 NITED STATES cARLnfroN s. FRANCIS, JR., or fiumi-niam?iria.l PENNSYLVANIA msnm/INTER f Application led August 16, 1929. ,Seria11.No. 386,249.

the distance or the proper club to be used may be automatically indicated. As the device is graduated directly to indicate the proper club to be used, it will be clear that it is not necessary to indicate the distance; nor is any reference to a table indicating the relationship between the clubs and distances necessary.

In the accompanying drawings, which indicate a preferred embodiment of the invention, Fig. 1 is a plan View of the device; Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof; Fig. 3 is a rear elevation; Fig. 4 is a section on line 4 4 of Fig. 5; Fig. 5 is a section on line 5-5 of Fig. 4; and Fig. 6 is a plan view of a dial graduated in a different manner from that disclosed in Fig. 1.

The device comprises a suitable casing 2 in the form of a box, preferably made in a manner so as to exclude dust. The box is provided on one side with two apertures 4 and 6 of the shape indicated in Fig. 3 and arranged as therein disclosed. A sheet vof glass 8, which may extend the full length of the box serves to close both of the apertures to p prevent entrance of dust. Opposite the opening 4 there is located a suitable light-exclud ing eyepiece 1() provided with a small opening 12 providing a line of vision, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 4, through the opening.

Pivoted within the case upon a suitable pivot pin or screw 16 is a lever member 14 carrying a mirror 18 arranged, as shown more clearly in Fig. 5, below the level of the opening 4 at an angle of approximately 45O v with the longitudinal axis of the case. A spring 20 serves to move the lever 14 so as press the cam following extension 22 thereof against the periphery of a cam 24,

.will begreiected` through the whichy secured by means of a screw to a dial 26 located-'above the top of the case, the screw passing through an opening in the wall Y of the case to thereby provide'a pivotal sup- .port for thecam and dial.` Within the end of-the caseopposite-the eyepiece l0 isa mirror 28 located at an" angle of45 withrespect ytothe longitudinal axis/.ofthe case andarranged to reflect .light entering through an aperture 6 upon the mirror 18, from which it 60 vopening r12 in the eyepiece. A f

4.By reasonaof the factl that openings 4 and 6 are vertically` oset with respectto each other, it will-be seen that two images ofa 65 .distant Yobjectwill'ibe visible to an observer peering through the opening 12 of the-eyepiece. V Bymanual adjustment of dial 26, ro

tation ofcam 24 isseffected,i servingv to lpivot leveri14 about 16l as center. By this means thefup'per an'dlowerimages may be caused to relatively move transversely of each other. By sight-ing through the eyepiece upon a vertical object, such as, for example, a tree or a vertical pole, or the like, the upper and t5 lower images of the obj ect may be brought into vertical coincidence. At this time the position of the dial 26 will be proportional to the distance of the object viewed. ,y In the modification shown in Fig. 1, the dial is'graduated as indicated at 30, the num'- bers corresponding to thev various marks indicating the number of the club to be used in driving through the distance to the obj ect under observation. Ainark 32 carried by a member secured to the case indicates the mark 30 corresponding to the required distance. For example, if, after the images` are properly alined, the mark 32 is located be-V tween the marks numbered ,3 and 4 on the dial, it would be suggested to the player to use either a number 3 or 4 club, orpreferably that one to which the mark 32 more closely approximates on the dial. The indication thus obtained would be normal, although, 'of

course, extraordinary circumstances might rather than the numbers. This form of dial may be used alternatively with the other form, as may be most convenient.

In ordery to indicate at a glance the distances and the corresponding numbers and names of the clubs, a table such as the following may be engraved or otherwise marked upon the case:

Yards Club number Club name 185-200 1 Driving iron 17 5-185 2 Mid iron 155-165 3 Mid mashe 145-155 4 Mashie iron 135-145 5 Mashie 125-135 6 Mashie niblick 120-130 7 Pitcher -110 15 Chip mashie While a preferred form of telemeter is disclosed, it Will be obvious that the type of graduations disclosed and claimed may be applied to other forms of telemeter.

Having now fully described my invention, What I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is: c

A telemeter including means adjustable to bring into relative positions a plurality of views of a distant object, and a manually operable dial for adjusting said means graduated to indicate a proper lgolf club to be used to drive a ball to the object under observation.

In testimony of which invention, I have hereunto set my hand, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on this 12th day of August, 1929.

CARLETON S. FRANCIS, JR. 

